Week 8/Harvest Journal

BigBudsNPK said:

Yeah thats all new growth that just started coming in on Friday after watering with Bembe sweetener for her final watering. Hoping she fills in some more! I was thinking of letting her go 9 or 10wks. Havent checked the trichs. Dont have a loop but shes 100% milky and some lower buds are 50% amber. Tops are more milky. I'd say about 75% amber at 9 wks. Thats insane considering this weed is instant sleep when I harvested 6 wks in the past.

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Renfro said:

The plant on the right, with more purple leaves and the frostier nugs, that one I would say another week or two. The plant on the left, in the back, that one has a ways more to go from the looks of things. Just watch those trichomes as those are what we are really after. My take on the matter is a milky trichome is the peak, amber is degraded so we don't want a bunch of amber IMO. So when I look at trichomes I consider milky as the goal, cloudy being good but not quite there yet and clear is just a baby lol. If I get mostly milky and a little cloudy and the amber starts showing up I have taken it as far as I want and it's all downhill from there.

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BigBudsNPK said:

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This bud has the most white pistils. How long do you think I should let it go? It's day 59 of flower.

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Renfro said:

The plant on the right, with more purple leaves and the frostier nugs, that one I would say another week or two. The plant on the left, in the back, that one has a ways more to go from the looks of things. Just watch those trichomes as those are what we are really after. My take on the matter is a milky trichome is the peak, amber is degraded so we don't want a bunch of amber IMO. So when I look at trichomes I consider milky as the goal, cloudy being good but not quite there yet and clear is just a baby lol. If I get mostly milky and a little cloudy and the amber starts showing up I have taken it as far as I want and it's all downhill from there.

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BigBudsNPK said:

So, after a considering everyone's best wishes, I chopped my plants 2 days before the 8wk mark. They needed more time, but I was moving and I already have two babies that just got their first topping and want that good light. Check it out. It's a QP boys!!!
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Had to dry in paper bags and I got em curing in ziploc bags out of necessity at the moment while I unpack.

I was aiming for 2 oz and got 4! 112 grams for 100 watts. Never got a gram per watt before! Thank you all for being so hard on me with good intentions. I know that with a longer veg I can hit 6oz. Maybe with a 10wk flower I'll hit the half pound next run.

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Crazy_Ace420 said:

Looks great, im sure it'll smoke up just fine
Cutting a grow early in the harvest window is never a bad thing i feel as long as all the trichs are mostly cloudy. Curing it properly is yet another step among alllll other steps that is maybe most important. If you let that shit get crispy in 2-3 days it might be drying too fast. You gonna be packing bowls of weed powder in a couple weeks

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BigBudsNPK said:

It got crispy just yesterday but the main stems were still attached and bendy. Only the stems holding bud snapped. Right now all the nugs tumble individually and don't leave any moisture residue but are still squishy. I'm just leaving the bags cracked open at this point. I haven't started a close/burp routine.

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Crazy_Ace420 said:

Do you put your hygrometer in with your drying buds? Helps get a good idea of the humidity in there.

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